Improvement in shirt-neck sharers



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No. 215,204. Patented May 13, 1879.

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HUGO BORCHABDT, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

I'MPROVEMENT IN SHIRT-NECK SHAPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,204, dated May 13,1879; application filed November 4, 1878.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO BORCHARDT, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, haveinvented certain Improvements in Shirt-N eck Shapers for Ironing-Tables,of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to the shirt-neck shaper which forms the subjectof Letters Patent or' the United States No. 206,856, granted to AlbertBorchardt August 13, 1878; and my invention consists in combining with ashirtneck shaper, substantially such as shown and described in theaforesaid Letters Patent, a device for griping the back portions of theneck-band of a shirt, and holding them against the strain of theexpanding wings ofthe neckshaper; and, secondly, in the reorganizationof the apparatus, by which it is simplified iii construction.

The accompanying draivin gs illustrating my improvements are as follows:

Figure l is a top view representing the side wings as partiallyexpanded. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the line x x on Fig. l.Fig.3 is an end view, showing the clampingjaws in operation.

The drawings represent a shirt-neck shaper, consisting of a base-plate,A, which is to be secured by means of the screws c c or otherwise to theend ofthe ironing hoard or table.

1t will be seen that the base-plate has three curved sides, and that itsupper end is provided with a vertical curved wall, B, the outer surfaceof which is intended to hold the hack portions of the shirt-neck band,and may be made with a greater or less curve atthe will of theconstructor.

The wall B is surmounted with the cap b, provided in the middle on itsunder side with a groove for receiving the dovetailed slide C, to theouter end of which the downwardlyprojecting clamps c c are affixed. Theslide C, carrying the clamps c c, is moved back and forth by means ofthe eccentric or cam C1 on the lower end of the vertical shaft C2, tothe upper end of which the operating-crank C3 is aflixed.

It will be seen that an object-as, for example, a shirt-neckband-introduced between the clamps c c and the outer face of the wall Bis flrmly held when the crank is so turned lward movement of the slide.

as to draw in the slide C, and thus cause the clamps c c to squeeze theneck-band or other object against the wall B.

The operation of this part of the apparatus will he seen on reference toFig. 3, which represents the back portion e of the neck-band of a shirtin the position in which it is held by the operation of the clamps, theJpurpose of the clamps being to hold a shirt-neck band which is notprovided with a back button, or, if there is a back button, then to holdthe band by friction, and thus relieve the button from the strain towhich it would he subjected by the stretching of the neck-hand upon theapparatus.

In the center of the base-plate A is provided a rack, c1, which issecured to the top of the tongue or guide c2, which is afxed to thebase-plate, and which has inwardly-inclined sides. This tongue engagesdovetailed recesses formed longitudinally on the inner side walls of theslotted actuating-slide D. A spring-pawl, d, is transversely pivotedwithin the slotted actuating-slide D. The lower end of the pawl dengages the ratchet-teeth formed in the surface of the rack a.

It will be seen in the drawings that when the actuating-slide moves awayfrom the vertical wall B, the pawl rides over the ratchetteeth, butcatches them and prevents thein- The end of the pawl opposite to thatwhich engages the ratchet-teeth is bent forward and extends through ahole in the top of the actuatingslide, and is provided with athumb-piece, d. When the thumb-piece is pressed down, the forward end ofthe pawl is lifted from the rack, and the slide can then be pushed in.

The outer end of the actuating-slide is provided with the projectingtongue `E, for the purpose of affording a means of fastening in positionthe expanding wings F F. Each of the wings F is composed of a hat plate,f, resting upon the top ot' the bed-plate A, and provided with a curvedor inclined slot, f1, `for receiving the vertical guide-pin f2, which isaffixed to the bed-plate A. The outer face of the plate f is providedwith the vertical wall G, which is curved according to the shape whichit may be desired to impart to the lower portion of the shirt-neck band.

The lower end of the wall G is provided with the slot g for adlnittingonehalf of the tongue E on the outer end of the actuatingslide, and ispivoted to the tongue by means of a vertical wire, or preferably' bymeans of one of the legs ofthe staple G', which, it will be seen,extends downwardly' through the Wall G and the tongue E. As theactuating-slide is moved in and out the side wings swing inwardly oroutwardly upon their pivots in obedienee to the action of the guide-pinfZ upon the slotf.

It will be seen that as the actuating-slide is drawn out the upper endsof the Wings are expanded, and vive versa. When it is desired to takethe wings ott-as, for example, when Wings having a different eurve arerequired to be substituted for the wings previously in use in theapparatusthe staple (l is pulled ont, and eaeh wing is then slippedforward until it ean be so turned that the sides ol' the slot fl arebrought into line with the sides of the tlattened head of the guide-pinf", in which position the wing can be slipped oli' the guide- 2. In ashirt-neck shaper, the base-plate A, t

provided With the rack 0L1 and tongue a, in combination with theactuating-slide D, provided with a spring-pawl, d, substantially as isabove set forth.

3. In a shirt-neck Shaper, the side Wings F F, each provided with aninclined or curved slot, fl, and pivoted to the end oftheactuatingslide, in combination with the guide-pins f2, as and for thepurposes set forth.

HUGO BORCHARDT.

Witnesses:

THos. C. LEIGH, C. L. GRIFFITH.

